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What Stars Are Made Of

The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

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$29.95 • £26.95 • €27.95

ISBN 9780674237377

Publication Date: 03/03/2020

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320 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

58 photos

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  • Foreword [Jocelyn Bell Burnell]
  • Author’s Note
  • Prologue
  • I. Beginning: Wendover and London, 1900–1919
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 2
    • Chapter 3
    • Chapter 4
  • II. Preparing: Cambridge, 1919–1923
    • Chapter 5
    • Chapter 6
    • Chapter 7
    • Chapter 8
    • Chapter 9
    • Chapter 10
    • Chapter 11
    • Chapter 12
    • Chapter 13
  • III. Discovery: Harvard, 1923–1979
    • Chapter 14
    • Chapter 15
    • Chapter 16
    • Chapter 17
    • Chapter 18
    • Chapter 19
    • Chapter 20
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index

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